Personal Statement

I am an open source software architect, specializing in PHP.

I am currently project lead for Zend
Framework, a project with which I have been involved since before
the first public preview release. I am a Zend Certified Engineer, and a
member of the Zend Education Advisory Board, the group responsible for
authoring the Zend Certification Exam. I contribute to a number of open
source projects, blog on PHP-related topics, and present talks and tutorials
related to PHP development and the projects to which I contribute.

Duties included maintenance and development of public-facing company
websites; creation and maintenance of middle-tier web service layer
used by public websites and internal processes; site architecture
and team development; contribution to Zend Framework; and more.

Duties included development and maintenance of NGA web properties;
systems administration of both public and internal network
infrastructure, including LVS-HA web/database cluster, bulk mail
system, and company email server.

Presentations

I've been speaking at PHP-related conferences and user groups since October
2005, as well as performing online webinars, participating in podcasts, and
more. I've delivered several dozen presentations, most of which are
available via my SlideShare
account. Below are a few select presentations.